Re:Why Classroom Technology Is Costing More Than Its Worth (...
by bigger_cheese on Thursday March 30, 2017 @09:42PM
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When I was in high school (late 90's/early 00's) I needed to buy a fancy Texas Instruments graphical calculator for my advanced math class. Back then it probably cost about what a low end tablet would set you back today ($200/300 Australian).
The whole thing must have been a huge rort. I can only think of a handful of times I ever used the damn thing for anything beyond what I could have used a significantly cheaper scientific calculator for. The return on investment was terrible I can't help but think the same thing with Ipads in schools nowadays. What does an ipad buy you over significantly cheaper noname brand android device?
Amusingly enough I was not allowed to use the graphical calculator at university because programmable calculators were banned from examinations due to concerns about cheating. I used a cheap $10 casio calculator all through my engineering degree at uni...
The whole thing must have been a huge rort. I can only think of a handful of times I ever used the damn thing for anything beyond what I could have used a significantly cheaper scientific calculator for. The return on investment was terrible I can't help but think the same thing with Ipads in schools nowadays. What does an ipad buy you over significantly cheaper noname brand android device?
Amusingly enough I was not allowed to use the graphical calculator at university because programmable calculators were banned from examinations due to concerns about cheating. I used a cheap $10 casio calculator all through my engineering degree at uni...